Boris Johnson Tells Putney MP UK Will Leave European Union On 31 October

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MP had challenged PM on extending timeline and respecting 'decisions of this House'

In Prime Ministers Question Time yesterday (25th September) Boris Johnson told Justine Greening MP: "I can tell my right hon. Friend Justine Greening that we will come out of the European Union on 31 October, and we will not be extending".

Justine Greening MP had asked the Prime Minister if he would respect the House if it rejects the Brexit proposal he puts forward: "I ask him to be absolutely explicit that if he does bring a deal back to the House and the House does what its right is, perhaps, and rejects it, he will respect that, but he will also respect the so-called Benn Bill that the House has passed, and then ask for an extension?"

Putney's MP had also criticised the PM for his use of the term 'Surrender Act': "May I just say to the Prime Minister that continuing to call a Bill that the House has passed a “surrender Bill” is deeply disrespectful to this place? He has said that he must respect the Supreme Court’s ruling; I simply ask him to respect the decisions of this House too."

The PM stood by his use of the phrase 'Surrender Act': "That is because it would oblige us to stay in the EU for month after month, at a cost of a billion pounds per month. It would take away from this country the ability to decide how long that extension would be, and it would give that power to the EU. It would absolutely undermine our ability to continue to negotiate properly in Brussels; it takes away the fundamental ability of a country to walk away from the negotiations, and I am afraid that is exactly what it does".

September 26, 2019